Benny’s patio offers food and shelter
Benny’s Restaurante y Tequila Bar 301 East 7th Avenue 303-894-0788 bennysrestaurant.com…
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Hamburger Mary’s patio: Where anyone can perform
Hamburger Mary’s Bar & Grille 700 East 17th Avenue 303-832-1333 hamburgermarysdenver.com…
Patio of the Day: Govnr’s Park
Govnr’s Park Tavern 672 Logan Street 303-831-8605 govnrspark.com…
The Wire’s David Simon has a new HBO series that uses fiction to honor New Orleans’ surreal, heart-breaking fact
Editor’s Note: Treme writer/producer David Mills died of a brain aneurysm Tuesday in New Orleans. He’d written extensively about theTreme process and his burgeoning love for New Orleans music on his blog, undercoverblackman.blogspot.com. His Times-Picayune obit is here. By Larry Blumenfeld PRICE WAS TWELVE, BRUH.’ ‘THEM TWELVE HUNDRED WAS FOR…
The Peeps court: Boulder woman goes to trial over Easter decor
Is creating an Easter display out of Peeps an evictable defense? That’s what a Boulder court may determine next week, when the case of AIMCO versus Carol “Chay” Burdick finally goes to court — and there are plenty of issues to chew on. As Michael Roberts notes, it “could impact…
What are Jay-Z’s 99 problems? We know a bitch ain’t one.
It’s well known an this point that Jay-Z (appearing tonight at the Pepsi Center with Sound Tribe Sector 9, Trey Songz and Young Jeezy) has 99 problems, and a bitch, most certainly, ain’t one. Curiously, though, until now, no one’s really taken a hard look at just what Hova’s 99…
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Sprouts are sprouting up across Colorado
Today Sprouts Farmers Market will open its eighth Colorado store, at 4729 West 29th Street in Greeley — just two weeks after a Sprouts sprouted up in Centennial, at 20811 East Smoky Hill Road. The six other locations are in Aurora, Boulder, Castle Rock, Fort Collins, Parker and Westminster, and…
Medical marijuana rally: Stepping up on the Capitol steps
Nearly one-hundred medical marijuana demonstrators, smokers, passers-by and media members were at the steps of the Capitol today for a protest against Senate Bill 1284, which was being discussed inside the state house. Before the speakers got going, DJ Freddy, a local DJ with the Hustlin’ Flow Music Group crew,…
Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers celebrates a grand opening in Aurora tomorrow
Turns out that the metro area gained not four, but five new burger joints in February. That’s because Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers opened its second Colorado outlet last week at 1103 Iola Street in Aurora. The state’s s first link in the Wichita-based chain is at 2660 West Belleview…
Vine Street Pub’s hair-raising experience
Vine Street Pub doesn’t make its own beer on site at 1700 Vine Street — not yet, at least — but it certainly knows how to brew up fun, as it proved with Saturday night’s celebration of a batch of home-grown chops, the culmination of Stout Month at Vine Street…
Steve’s Snappin’ Dogs handing out Twinkies this weekend
Steve’s Snappin’ Dogs will celebrate its fourth anniversary at 3535 East Colfax Avenue by giving customers the presents — free Hostess Twinkies and Cupcakes all weekend (or until the supply runs out). Steve’s also hands out Twinkies and ice cream on birthdays and anniversaries — and if you sign up…
Hop to the Wynkoop tonight for some Auld Rabbit
At 5 p.m. today, the Wynkoop Brewing Company will pull the hand pump on the 2010 Beerdrinker of the Year beer, one of the perks of winning this august crown. The beer is Auld Rabbit, a cask-conditioned, molasses-infused brown ale that’s 6.4 percent ABV, brewed by Wynkoop head brewer Andy…
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Drink up for the Elitch Theatre
Corks, the wine (and much more) store at 1620 Platte Street, will donate 5 percent of all sales Valentine’s Day weekend (today through Sunday) to the restoration of the historic Elitch Theatre. The storefront shop is open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday…
A bunch of burger joints coming this month
Although H Burger Lounge, the premium hamburger/contemporary cocktail joint going into 1555 Blake Street, doesn’t look like it’s going to open today, as the owners — the Jet Entertainment Group — once predicted, work on the place is progressing, and H Burger’s facebook page now gives a target date of…
Heavy Rotation, our top spins for the week of January 25, 2010
As music critics — and people who generally think about, talk about, listen to and make music — the most common question we get asked (and ask each other, for that matter) is, “What are you listening to right now?” The pervasiveness of this query is precisely what inspired Heavy…
Tonight: Bare skin on bareback!
Only in Denver. Only at 1222 Glenarm. On one side, fine French food at CY Steak, Cliff Young’s new restaurant. And on the other? The Diamond Cabaret, whose emissaries have been spotted at the Stock Show, touting whiskey specials and “topless square dances” all week. And tonight only: topless bull…
Tonight: A Banner event at miniBAR
From 7 to 10 p.m. tonight, miniBAR, 222 Columbine Street, will host a Culturehaus Banner kick-off party, with signature cocktails and culinary treats — and 10 percent of all sales going to Banner’s budget. Tickets for Banner, the Culturehaus gala on February 6, will also be on sale…
More picks from Moovers and Shakers 2009
In this week’s issue, as we do every year around this time, we published our annual Moovers and Shakers list and talked about how much the scene is thriving. In a testament to just how much the scene is thriving these days, we didn’t have room to print all the…
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Denver’s top 10 Indian/Nepalese restaurants
Jason Sheehan just reviewed Nepal Cuisine, where he found more than enough momo to keep him warm through these upcoming winter months. On momo alone, Nepal Cuisine easily ranks among the top ten Indian and Nepalese restaurants in the area. Here are the rest:…
The list: Top ten Larimer Square restaurants
Jason Sheehan just reviewed TAG and found lots to love at Troy Atherton Guard’s eponymous restaurant, including — but not limited to — the rice. Here are nine more Larimer Square restaurants we think deserve some props:…
Mile Highs and Lows: Highland Health
This dispensary has closed. As Colorado’s medical-marijuana industry grows, marijuana dispensaries of all types and sizes are proliferating around the state. Some resemble swanky bars or sterile dentist offices; others feel like a dope dealer’s college dorm room. To help keep them all straight, Westword will be offering a no-holds-barred…
A week’s worth of Weege
We asked faithful (and ruthless) commenter Weege to recap this week’s Cafe Society posts. Here’s his offering: Passion. As the work week comes to a close, there can only be one truth to be held as self-evident. Westword has officially lost their minds. So I give to you my snarky,…